"I don't know what it is about society but they just don't respect emergency services," he said. "People refuse to get out of our way. A colleague even had some coffee thrown at him.

"Others keep talking on their mobile phones or tell us to get off the footpath."

Rapid response bikes are only used for life-threatening cases and also slash response times. They are ideal for the clogged roads especially in peak hour.

"We go to life threatening jobs like shootings, stabbings and heart attacks," Mr Webster said."Just one minute could mean the difference between life and death. We want people to realise that we could be going to someone's dying baby."

Just like cars, pedestrians should move to the left when they see or hear an ambulance.

The BMW R1200 bikes have been in use in the city for the past 10 years.

They are responsible for slashing response times from eight minutes to 3½ minutes.

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